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Re: Official 2018-19 Offseason / Hot Stove Thread

Gardner - Out
C.C. - Out
Voit - Out, not a long term solution
Bird - I like his swing, but most likely out. But who else is out there?
Didi - In
Hicks - In
Stanton - out, if you can find a taker, especially if you sign Harper.
Machado - Couple of possibilities there. If Didi is out Machado to SS or Andujar out Machado at 3B
Harper - In, but have to get rid of Stanton.
Bullpen - keep it.
SP - need another 1/2 pitcher. Andujar is good trade bait.
Boone - Smack him upside the head.

Need less power and more strategic hitters. I've watched too many post-seasons ruined by the lack of pure hitters.

Re: Official 2018-19 Offseason / Hot Stove Thread

I mean last year the Yankees put up fantastic nights against Corey Kluber, Trevor Bauer, Dallas Keuchel, etc in the postseason. They also had tremendous success against David Price this year.

The Yankees struggle against strike throwers. Guys that pound the zone give us issues. And that’s because the Yankees struggle to string hits together. All season long they struggled to get a hit in big situations, that wasn’t a Torres or Stanton HR. Need to find a way to get that in the middle of the order...a true run producer that can get bat on ball.

We may have that already in Andujar, honestly.

They struggle with off speed pitchers. This has been happening for at least the last 10 years. They sit on fastballs and swing wildly at off speed crap.

In order for this offseason to be meaningful, Cashman firar has to admit that the team as constitutes is flawed. Can he do that? I am doubtful.

Having said that I agree with you. I would:

-Shore up the defense

-Regain some left handed hitting balance

-Regain balance period. Whoever you keepmiemaign should be a hitter first, homerun hitter second. I remember during the great run of the nineties Torre used to tell his players concentrate on hitting first and homeruns would follow.

Re: Official 2018-19 Offseason / Hot Stove Thread

For starters. Fire Boone & Rothschild. Sign Machado he plays 3rd. Andujar goes to DH. Gardner and CC aren't brought back. As mad as I am with Stanton he plays LF. Gardner was a failure his hole career in the playoffs...

Re: Official 2018-19 Offseason / Hot Stove Thread

They have to improve the starting pitching, find a better lead-off hitter and improve the infield defense.

This, and a renewed emphasis on OBP. This is why I've advocated going all in on Harper.

If there was a lesson learned from the dynasty teams of the late 90's, it's that you don't need a lineup filled with 30 HR hitters to consistently generate runs - just patient at-bats that will wear down pitchers and force them to make mistakes.

Re: Official 2018-19 Offseason / Hot Stove Thread

Originally Posted by MyBoysKaosHavoK

For starters. Fire Boone & Rothschild. Sign Machado he plays 3rd. Andujar goes to DH. Gardner and CC aren't brought back. As mad as I am with Stanton he plays LF. Gardner was a failure his hole career in the playoffs...

Re: Official 2018-19 Offseason / Hot Stove Thread

Re: Official 2018-19 Offseason / Hot Stove Thread

Originally Posted by Zimmer's Helmet

This, and a renewed emphasis on OBP. This is why I've advocated going all in on Harper.

If there was a lesson learned from the dynasty teams of the late 90's, it's that you don't need a lineup filled with 30 HR hitters to consistently generate runs - just patient at-bats that will wear down pitchers and force them to make mistakes.

The Yankees desperately need a lead off guy that can generate .400 OBP. They need other hitters in the lineup to improve that skill set too. Need to place more pressure on opposing pitching staffs beyond hitting home runs.

Re: Official 2018-19 Offseason / Hot Stove Thread

Originally Posted by Yankees1962

They have to improve the starting pitching, find a better lead-off hitter and improve the infield defense.

That's fair. RE: defense, I'm happy with Didi at SS and I guess we have to take it on faith that Gleyber will grow defensively at 2B. Then you have to decide whether to stick to it and try to coach up Andujar at 3B ... but any progress will be incremental because that's how players develop, so if you want great 3B defense by 2019 you'd need to find him a new position.

The real conundrum is 1B where Voit and Bird might both might as well carry a frying pan as much as a glove. Not sure what to do there.

Originally Posted by Zimmer's Helmet

This, and a renewed emphasis on OBP. This is why I've advocated going all in on Harper.

If there was a lesson learned from the dynasty teams of the late 90's, it's that you don't need a lineup filled with 30 HR hitters to consistently generate runs - just patient at-bats that will wear down pitchers and force them to make mistakes.

Yes, remember the old expression they used to use for those lineups? "Pass the baton." That 9th inning rally tonight almost felt like a daily occurrence in the 1990s. Not so much now. Too many "heroes" in the 2018 lineup.

Re: Official 2018-19 Offseason / Hot Stove Thread

Originally Posted by HelloNewman

That's fair. RE: defense, I'm happy with Didi at SS and I guess we have to take it on faith that Gleyber will grow defensively at 2B. Then you have to decide whether to stick to it and try to coach up Andujar at 3B ... but any progress will be incremental because that's how players develop, so if you want great 3B defense by 2019 you'd need to find him a new position.

The real conundrum is 1B where Voit and Bird might both might as well carry a frying pan as much as a glove. Not sure what to do there.

Yes, remember the old expression they used to use for those lineups? "Pass the baton." That 9th inning rally tonight almost felt like a daily occurrence in the 1990s. Not so much now. Too many "heroes" in the 2018 lineup.

The corner infield defense needs to improve as I expect Torres to be much better next season at 2nd. I have no issues with Didi at SS.

Re: Official 2018-19 Offseason / Hot Stove Thread

Originally Posted by Yankees1962

The Yankees desperately need a lead off guy that can generate .400 OBP. They need other hitters in the lineup to improve that skill set too. Need to place more pressure on opposing pitching staffs beyond hitting home runs.

And I will get in trouble with the analytics (formerly branded as "sabermetrics") crowd for this, but I could live with moving Judge down to 3rd and going with a traditional 1-2 tablesetter alignment, provided the #2 has a decent OBP as well and isn't one of those 1970s-style "bat control" guys with low OBP. The first inning is a thing, too. In fact it can be a big thing. I'd like Judge up 25-30 times a year with 2 on 0 out in the 1st.

Re: Official 2018-19 Offseason / Hot Stove Thread

You know, for a team that won 100 games and lost to a team that won 108 games, there sure is a lot to complain about. And honestly a lot of it is valid.

In my opinion, the biggest need is an Ace, and I think Cashman knows it, but I also don’t think there’s been one available since Chris Sale got traded to the Red Sox. The lineup could also use another lefty in the lineup.

I’m also going to hope that Boone takes a major jump as a coach in Year Two instead of having a Sophomore Slump. There were certainly times this year where I thought Girardi would have competed with the Red Sox in the 108-110 win category. I think more than anything there’s an element of toughness that wasn’t there that is key to the Playoffs. We had it all year last year, this year not so much.

You know, for a team that won 100 games and lost to a team that won 108 games, there sure is a lot to complain about. And honestly a lot of it is valid.

In my opinion, the biggest need is an Ace, and I think Cashman knows it, but I also don’t think there’s been one available since Chris Sale got traded to the Red Sox. The lineup could also use another lefty in the lineup.

I’m also going to hope that Boone takes a major jump as a coach in Year Two instead of having a Sophomore Slump. There were certainly times this year where I thought Girardi would have competed with the Red Sox in the 108-110 win category. I think more than anything there’s an element of toughness that wasn’t there that is key to the Playoffs. We had it all year last year, this year not so much.

I think they shocked us all last year and we didn't have high expectations.

This year it felt like business as usual where the expectations were super high again.